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Any Given Sunday

An okay movie…in the unexciting way of getting a field goal instead of a touchdown.

• Little things

-Could they have designed an uglier uniform for the Dallas Knights? Yellow and red? Truth is, all the uniforms were ghastly and unimaginative. The Sharks were a good enough name, but what professional team would have a simple logo of a whole, skinny shark? It should’ve been the head of a shark bursting out of water or biting into a football.

It would’ve been more appealing to use NFL rip-offs. The Sharks were obviously the Dolphins so why didn’t they call the Dallas team (the Cowboys in the NFL) the Sheriffs or Gunslingers? They couldn’t get the League’s authorization to use authentic team names and logos, but it would’ve been legal to use the colors- the Dolphins’s green and orange for the Sharks, the Cowboys’s blue and silver for the Sheriffs, etc.

-And what’s with the names- Knights and Crusaders? Am I paranoid or was Oliver Stone trying to say something?

• Casting

Though I had initial reservations, Cameron Diaz worked. However, I felt her character would’ve worked even better had the actress not been so pretty. No owner in any team sport is female, young and gorgeous, so why do it in the movie? Furthermore, the movie took pride in getting into the nitty-gritty of the game. Cameron Diaz thus became the one, false element.

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